Baby shoes reinvented

So I've been able to make the baby shoes easier to produce! I made this guy in about an hour:




I love this fabric too! I picked it up from JoAnn's on Friday and it's really versatile. Depending on where I cut the pattern it can be a girl shoe or a boy shoe. The only downside to this new method is a small amount of hand sewing to close up a seam where I turn out the pattern. I also used vinyl for the sloe of this shoe since it's for an 18 month old, and that made for a very thick seam that my little sewing machine couldn't handle very well. Going to have to upgrade the machinery!

The first baby shoe, as promised

Well, the whole making baby shoes has been much more difficult than I had at first thought. Everything being so tiny makes for difficult maneuvering on the sewing machine, especially since mine is not of the best quality. After many, many failed attempts, this is the first complete shoe I managed to make:



Unfortunately, I've run out of the green seersucker making so many mistakes so this guy will have to fly solo until I can get more fabric haha. I'm now working on making this design easier to make. This guy took well over an hour to complete and there has to be a better way! Feel free to send any suggestions my way :)